The need for sustainable water infrastructure systems continues to grow as clean water is
essential for daily life. Despite efforts to sustain water distribution networks (WDNs), they …

Pipelines play an important role in the national/international transportation of natural gas,
petroleum products, and other energy resources. Pipelines are set up in different …

Urban underground infrastructure is a critical component in cities to provide essential
services to residents. Research efforts have been made to facilitate different activities of …

It has been reported that since year 2000, there have been an average 700 water main
breaks per day only in Canada and the USA costing more than CAD 10 billions/year …

Pipelines daily transport and distribute huge amounts of oil and gas across the world. They
are considered the safest method of transporting oil and gas because of their limited number …

A novel failure rate prediction model is developed by the extreme learning machine (ELM) to
provide key information needed for optimum ongoing maintenance/rehabilitation of a water …

Water pipes deterioration modeling has been a prevalent research topic in the last two
decades due to high water break incidents and contamination rates. Failure processes are …

Artificial neural network (ANN) has acquired noticeable interest from the research
community to handle complex problems in Construction and Building engineering (CB). This …

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities reported that approximately 55% of sewer
infrastructure in Canada did not meet current standards. Therefore, the burden on Canadian …

Canadian municipalities have noted that 59% of their water systems needed repair and the
status of 43% of these systems is unacceptable. In the United States, ASCE assigned a near …